Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/skaubaz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewp- (“tuft, cluster, hair on the head”), similar to *skuftą (“bundle”).[1]

Noun

*skaubaz m

  1. bundle, sheaf

Inflection

Declension of *skaubaz (masculine a-stem)
singular plural
nominative *skaubaz *skaubōz, *skaubōs
vocative *skaub *skaubōz, *skaubōs
accusative *skaubą *skaubanz
genitive *skaubas, *skaubis *skaubǫ̂
dative *skaubai *skaubamaz
instrumental *skaubō *skaubamiz

Descendants

  • Proto-West Germanic: *skaub m
    • Old English: sċēaf
      • Middle English: scheef
    • Old Frisian: *skāf
      • Saterland Frisian: Schoof, Schoowe
      • West Frisian: skeaf
    • Old Saxon: skōf
      • Middle Low German: schôf
    • Old Dutch: *skōf
    • Old High German: skoub, scoub
      • Middle High German: schoup
  • Old Norse: skauf n

References

  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “956”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 956
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